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Sat, Mar 24, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 2, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 79% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1911604229
EDM2111709327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 0:45EDMPontus AbergUnassisted · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:32EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Ty Rattie, Adam Larsson · Backhand, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:00LAKJake MuzzinAssists: Tanner Pearson, Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:08EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Anton Slepyshev, Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:19LAKJeff CarterAssists: Tobias Rieder, Tanner Pearson · Snap, 0.20 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 18:39EDMEthan Bear: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 19:51LAKTyler Toffoli: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 3:33LAKTrevor Lewis: Slashing2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
29Shots on goal27
1.9Expected goals3.5
64Shot attempts49
24Faceoffs won16
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
38Hits26
7Blocked shots20
8Giveaways18
9Takeaways11

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Rieder – Pearson7:10

    xG 0.50–0.18 (74%)attempts 15–3goals 2–1

  2. Carter – Brown – Kopitar2:50

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Clifford – Amadio8:02

    xG 0.40–0.42 (49%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Toffoli – Kempe6:24

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Folin4:38

    xG 0.55–0.03 (95%)attempts 16–1goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Folin8:02

    xG 0.31–0.38 (45%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty7:10

    xG 0.05–0.22 (19%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestRattie – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid15:05

    xG 1.13–0.23 (83%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Pakarinen – Khaira – Slepyshev6:57

    xG 0.41–0.19 (69%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Aberg – Draisaitl – Caggiula11:18

    xG 0.57–0.36 (61%)attempts 6–17goals 1–1

  4. Lucic – Strome – Puljujarvi10:30

    xG 0.31–0.38 (45%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Benning12:35

    xG 0.95–0.39 (71%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

  2. Russell – Bear16:07

    xG 0.79–0.35 (69%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Nurse19:13

    xG 0.57–0.59 (49%)attempts 12–26goals 1–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

EDM 3.5 xGLAK 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #884 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 79% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

Simulated goal difference (EDM − LAK), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).